BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): A married couple were handed jail terms, along with a caning sentence, for what was described by the High Court as the “horrific” death of their infant child, which came to light when the victim’s body was already reduced to a skeletal state.
Kassim Omar received 20 years’ jail and two strokes of the cane, after he pleaded guilty to culpable homicide, causing grievous hurt and not reporting the death of a person, while Siti Norzalia Abdullah received three years’ jail for permitting child abuse and not reporting the death.
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